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Project description:Wildtype (WT) BALB/c mice were treated with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in order to induce acute GVHD. C57BL/6 mice were used bone marrow (BM) and T cell donor mice. We studied the effect of oral hBD-2 treatment versus vehicle (PBS) control treatment on the gene expression in the colon, as main GVHD target organ.
2022-12-23 | GSE190796 | GEO
Project description:In patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is tied to failed donor plasmacytoid DC (pDC) reconstitution. The mechanism whereby GVHD causes donor pDC defects and the precise role donor pDCs play in GVHD remain poorly understood. pDCs develop from HSCs in successive stages through Flt3 signaling-dependent differentiation, beginning as multi-potent progenitors (MPPs) and later becoming common DC progenitors. We observed that MPPs were critical for sustaining pDCs and were severely depleted during GVHD. Loss of MPPs was associated with decreased amounts of MPP-producing HSCs and mTOR activation-induced cell death of proliferating MPPs. Additionally, GM-CSF derived from alloreactive T cells subverted MPP production of pDCs. Together, GVHD and alloreactive T cells caused donor pDC defects by impairing the generation, maintenance and differentiation of HSCs and MPPs. Importantly, pDCs suppressed the proliferation and expansion of activated autologous CD4+ T cells via a type I-IFN signaling-dependent mechanism. Transfer of donor pDCs early after transplantation repressed GVHD and preserved potent GVL effects, significantly improving the survival of leukemia mice undergoing allo-HSCT. Our findings identify novel strategies that improve the recovery of donor pDCs early after allo-HSCT and thus may represent an effective therapy to control GVHD. Our findings have broad implications for other diseases in which functional DC development is impaired, such as chronic infections, autoimmunity and cancer.
2021-01-06 | GSE143788 | GEO
Project description:The direct integration of chimeric-antigen-receptor (CAR) T cell with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) carries the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) induction by allogeneic CAR-T cells. Based on our past experiments, it has been shown that post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) prevents GVHD induction by other cell infusions after T-cell-replete MHC-haploidentical murine allo-HCT models. In this study, we investigated whether CAR-T cells, given in a similar manner in the same MHC-haploidentical murine allo-HCT model, could safely exert anti-tumor effects. We showed that anti-CD19 CAR-T cells administered early after (day +5 of transplant) or prior to (day 0 of transplant) PTCy for allo-HCT cleared leukemia without toxicity or GVHD exacerbation. Using next generation single-cell RNA sequencing approaches, we demonstrated that in comparison to CAR-T cells infused early after PTCy (day +5), CAR-T cells infused prior to PTCy (day 0) exhibited transcriptional changes consistent with increased CD4+ T-cell activation and CD8+ T-cell cytotoxicity.
2022-10-09 | GSE214788 | GEO
Project description:This pilot phase II trial studies how well giving vorinostat, tacrolimus, and methotrexate works in preventing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after stem cell transplant in patients with hematological malignancies. Vorinostat, tacrolimus, and methotrexate may be an effective treatment for GVHD caused by a bone marrow transplant.
| 2139892 | ecrin-mdr-crc
Project description:Notch signaling promotes T-cell pathogenicity and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in mice, with a dominant role for the Delta-like ligand DLL4. To assess if Notch’s effects are evolutionarily conserved and identify key mechanisms, we studied antibody-mediated DLL4 blockade in a non-human primate (NHP) model similar to human allo-HCT. Short-term DLL4 blockade improved post-transplant survival with striking, durable protection from gastrointestinal GVHD, out of proportion to other disease sites. Unlike prior immunosuppressive strategies tested in the NHP GVHD model, anti-DLL4 interfered with a T-cell transcriptional program associated with intestinal infiltration. In cross-species investigations, Notch inhibition decreased surface abundance of the gut-homing integrin α4β7 in conventional T-cells while preserving α4β7 in regulatory T-cells, with findings suggesting increased 1 competition for 4 binding in conventional T-cells. Secondary lymphoid organ fibroblastic reticular cells emerged as the critical cellular source of Delta-like Notch ligands for Notch-mediated up-regulation of α4β7 integrin in T-cells after allo-HCT. Altogether, DLL4/Notch blockade decreased effector T-cell infiltration into the gut, with increased regulatory to conventional T-cell ratios early after allo-HCT. Our results identify a conserved, biologically unique and targetable role of DLL4/Notch signaling in GVHD.
2023-07-14 | GSE228838 | GEO
Project description:This study reports the evolution of the donor CD8 effector T cell transcriptomes at multiple sites and time points within the same host following allo-SCT. Donor derived CD8+ T cells were flow sorted from multiple organs in mice developing GVHD in two clinically relevant murine models of H-2b MHC-matched minor antigen-mismatched BMT: (1) B6>129 model – transfer of C57BL/6 polyclonal CD4+ and CD8+ T cells into 129/Sv BMT recipients; (2) F>M – transfer of monoclonal HY-specific TCR-transgenic MataHari CD8+ T cells into C57BL/6 male BMT recipients. To test the effect of early lymph node egress on CD8 effector T cell transcription profile, BMT recipients were treatment with FTY720 (1.0mg/kg/day, from D+3 to D+7).
2018-03-28 | E-MTAB-5380 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Inducible co-stimulator (ICOS) interaction with its ligand (ICOSL) is involved in several T cell effector functions. While blockade of ICOS:ICOSL interaction in chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) seems benefi cial, results for acute GVHD remain controversial. To further elucidate its role in acute GVHD, C57BL / 6 mice were lethally irradiated and reconstituted with allogeneic spleen cells in the absence or presence of ICOSL-blocking mAb. Mice reconstituted with allogeneic spleen cells experienced severe GVHD and died untreated within 6 M-bM-^@M-^S 9 days after transplantation. Mice treated with an anti-ICOSL mAb starting from day 3 after transplantation gained weight again and survived for at least additional 12 days, although the treatment was already stopped at day 11 after transplantation. In contrast, the anti-ICOSL treatment starting from day 0 did not prevent GVHD. The diff erence between therapeutic (day 3) and prophylactic (day 0) anti-ICOSL treatment was independent of CD25 + CD4 + regulatory T cells since their depletion did not abrogate the therapeutic eff ect of ICOSL blockade. Microarray analysis revealed IFN- M-NM-3 and chemokine up-regulation in spleen cells of prophylactically treated mice, emphasizing kinetic dependence of acute GVHD modulation via blockade of ICOS:ICOSL interaction. B6 recipients were irradiated with 10.0 Gray, administered from a 137 Cs source. Splenocytes from C3H mice were prepared as single cell suspensions in PBS, depleted of red blood cells and counted. 2 M-bM-^@M-^S 3 M-CM-^W 10^7 C3H splenocytes in a volume of 200 M-NM-<l were transplanted into B6 recipients via tail vein injection (4 mice per group per experiment) 4 M-bM-^@M-^S 6 h after irradiation. Mice in the treatment group with anti-ICOSL mAb and their respective controls, received 500 M-NM-<g mAb i. p starting at day 0 or day 3, followed by subsequent injections of 200 M-NM-<g of mAb every other day. At day 4 after transplantation RNA of spleen cells was prepared and subjected to microarray analysis. Combined RNA from allogeneic transplanted mice was hybridized onto 2 independent arrays.
2009-09-14 | E-GEOD-17995 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a potentially curative procedure for many malignant diseases. Donor T cells prevent disease recurrence via graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect. Donor T cells also contribute to graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a debilitating and potentially fatal complication. Novel treatment strategies are needed which allow preservation of GVL effects without causing GVHD. Using murine models, we show that targeting IL-2-inducible T cell kinase (ITK) in donor T cells reduces GVHD while preserving GVL effects. Both CD8+ and CD4+ donor T cells from Itk-/- mice produce less inflammatory cytokines and show decrease migration to GVHD target organs such as the liver and small intestine, while maintaining GVL efficacy against primary B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Itk-/- T cells exhibit reduced expression of IRF4 and decreased JAK/STAT signaling activity, but upregulating expression of Eomesodermin (Eomes) and preserve cytotoxicity, necessary for GVL effect. Transcriptome analysis indicates that ITK signaling controls chemokine receptor expression during alloactivation, which in turn affects the ability of donor T cells to migrate to GVHD target organs. Our data suggest that inhibiting ITK could be a therapeutic strategy to reduce GVHD while preserving the beneficial GVL effects following allo-HSCT treatment.
2020-12-21 | GSE161160 | GEO
Project description:Paneth cells are targets of allo-reactive T cells during acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). GVHD-related loss of Paneth cells is connected to intestinal dysbiosis and a decline of antimicrobial peptides. Glucagon-like-peptide-2 (GLP-2) is an enteroendocrine tissue hormone, produced by the intestinal L-cells, that leads to expansion of Paneth cells. Microarray-based analysis of the intestinal tract revealed upregulation of a host-defense gene signature, increased Reg3-γ and Defensin-α-4 in the teduglutide treated group compared to the vehicle treated group. these results indicate that treatment of GVHD mice the GLP-2 analogue, teduglutide, restores intestinal homeostasis with increased Paneth cells and antimicrobial peptides
2023-10-29 | GSE138439 | GEO
Project description:Acute GVHD is known to damage the structure of peripheral lymphoid organs. This study investigates how peripheral tolerance induction is affected by lymph node stroma damage in the context of graft-versus-host disease. Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRC) were flow sorted on day 7 post allo-BMT in mice developing acute GVHD, transplanted no GVHD-recipients or untransplanted control mice. The single miHA-mismatch female into male transplantation model was used (acute GVHD group: T-cell depleted bone marrow (TCDBM) + HY-specific TCR-transgenic MataHari CD8+ T cells into C57BL/6 male recipients; no GVHD group: TCDBM only).
2020-01-14 | E-MTAB-8255 | biostudies-arrayexpress